Mayfair

Ladies of Influence party

The best thing about going to a party thrown by the owners of a
hotel? It's a licence to have a complete snoop around, which is
exactly what happened when Irene and Lydia Forte welcomed London's most influential
ladies to Brown's hotel library for a power party hosted with
Wickerwood co-founders
Shirley Leigh-Wood Oakes and Gabby Wickham. When they weren't all tucking
into mushroom arancini and beef tataki, guests were led up to the
swanky new Kipling suite, rhubarb bellinis in hand, to test
the cloud-like beds and check out the views. What's more, at the
end of the impromptu hotel tour they were handed 'sweets from the
suite' - who can say no to pick n mix?